Newport Miscellany

A selection of articles written by Jim Dyer.
Many of these were originally published in the late 1980s
in the South Wales Argus and the Western Mail.

 

JOHN CASHMORE - Everything iron and steel

NEWPORT HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS

FLOODING FROM A BLIGHTED LAND -The migration of the Irish to Newport in the 1800s

NEWPORT'S CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF THE SS LUSITANIA

NEWPORT'S WAR - THE MERCHANT NAVY

NEWPORT'S MEMORIAL TO SUBMARINE HERO Commander John 'Tubby' Linton

SPECIALIST SHIP'S DIVER

SINKING OF THE GERMAN RAIDER 'SHARNHOST' - A Newport man's story of the Second World War

TWO NEWPORT SAILORS' STORIES - The sinking of cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire

WOMEN AT WAR

GOING TO HELL FOR A LIVING - Frank Plaister's wartime memories

MEMORIES WILL NEVER DWINDLE - Tommy Snook and Doug Western recall their time on the Saurmarez in the Far East

SINKING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES

NEWPORT SEAFARING SOMALIAN - The story of Said Ismail Ali who sailed in two wars

FATEFUL FLIGHT TO CAPTURE - Airman Jim Everson's experiences as a POW

BOB EARNSHAW, BEM

VOYAGE OF THE JESSIE WEST - The Newport Sea Scouts annual trip to the Channel Islands...

NEWPORT'S MAJESTIC BALLROOM

MEMORIES OF THE RAFA CLUB, PARK SQUARE

THE ORDER OF BUFFALOES IN NEWPORT

GLENGARIFF HOUSE NEWPORT - Home for elderly single men

A FEW MEMORIES OF LIFE IN PILLGENLLY IN THE EARLY 1960s

MEMORIES OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PILL IN THE 1950s

DIB-DOB, DIB-DOB – NEWPORT'S 7TH BOY SCOUTS

MEMORIES OF BELLE VIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE 1960s

THE PLEASURE OF RUGBY

MEMORIES OF WHITEHEADS STEELWORKS

NEWPORT'S TWINNING WITH CHINA 1986

VALLEY BOYS AWAY! - The mysteries of 60's election work

ELECTIONS - ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON!

FREEDOM FOR THE FEW - Freemen of the Borough of Newport

CHURCHILL'S SECRET ARMY - Alex Knight of Bassaleg breaks his silence

FIGHTING THE MAU MAU - Alex Knight's experiences in Africa

THE POWER OF THE SANTOS RING - Was a diamond ring the reason for Eric Osment's ancestor's great success in South America?

STRANGE SPIRITS AT TREDEGAR HOUSE?